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牡羊座（03/21 – 04/19）

勇往直前的牡羊座，又稱白羊座。給人衝動且熱血的印象，似乎有用不完的精力！

牡羊座的個性直率有衝勁，不喜歡拖泥帶水，也不太在意別人評價，代表人物例如：藝術家草間彌生、Lady Gaga、服裝設計師Marc Jacobs等等，是個人格特質很鮮名的星座。

牡羊座的星座故事，就如其人一樣充滿行動力！快來看看吧～

TutorABC帶你一起看星座故事，透過中英對照，馬上看懂英語故事。

學習小提示：可以先看完一遍英語，再看中文和單字解釋喔！

According to Greek (1)mythology, in Thessaly of central Greece, King Athamas and Queen Nephele had a son and daughter. The prince was named Phrixus, and the princess, Helle. Later on, the king (2)divorced the queen and married Ion, who already had a son of her own.

希臘神話故事中，在希臘中部薩沙利的國王阿泰瑪斯和王后尼斐莉有一對兒女，王子名費利克索斯，公主為海莉。後來阿泰瑪斯與王后仳離另娶伊娜為后。

Phrixus’ stepmother had a jealous and (3)cruel (4)temperament.

由於後母生性善妒且殘忍。

In order for her birth son to become the next king, she (5)persecuted both of her stepchildren whenever she could.

為了讓親生的兒子將來能繼承王位，因此時常找機會迫害前后的兩個小孩。

One day, the kingdom was (6)afflicted with (7)unprecedented (8)famine.

有一次該國發生空前的大饑荒。

Queen Ion (9)fabricated an oracle, and talked the king into sacrificing the prince and princess to (10)appease God’s (11)wrath and save the kingdom from disaster.

伊娜假造神諭並說服國王，將奉獻王子與公主來祭神，以平息天神的憤怒而解除該國的災難。

At the (12)critical moment, with the help of Hermes the brother and sister’s mother got a winged ram with golden fleece.

兩兄妹的生母得到天使漢密斯之助，獲得一隻全身都是金毛並長有翅膀的公羊。

The ram let them ride on its back and rose to the sky before flying eastward towards (13)shelter.

牠讓兩兄妹坐在羊背上，金毛羊就騰空而起飛向東方避難。

They flew across land and sea. However, while flying over the channel between Europe and Asia, Princess Helle fell off the back by accident and (14)plunged to her death in the sea. The channel was thereafter called Hellespont and later changed to Dardaelles.

它越過陸地和大海，但在越過歐洲與亞洲間的海峽時，海莉公主不慎跌落羊背墜海而亡，後人遂將此處命名為海莉斯龐海峽，不過現今已被改名為達達尼爾海峽。

As for the prince, he was taken safely to the kingdom of Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea.

而王子則被安全的載抵黑海東岸的科基斯國。

King Aetes was very (15)hospitable, and later gave his daughter’s hand in marriage to him.

而王子則被安全的載抵黑海東岸的科基斯國，伊提斯國王熱心的款待他，後來又將公主許配他為妻。

The prince sacrificed the ram in a show of (16)gratitude for God’s help. He then presented the golden fleece to the king, who hung it from the tree (17)dedicated to the god of war and had a (18)ferocious fire dragon guard it.

王子為了感謝天神的護佑與幫助，就宰殺金毛羊來祭神，並將金羊毛贈予國王，國王將它掛在供奉軍神的一棵樹上，並由一隻凶猛的火龍負責看守著。

Aries refers to the golden-fleeced ram in mythology. Since the golden fleece was (19)invaluable, it was coveted by many.

白羊座指的就是神話中的這隻頭金毛羊。

The (20)tale of Prince Jason leading Greek warriors in a long-distance (21)conquest of Colchis on the Argo Ship soon follows.

由於金羊毛是無價之寶，因此後來就有傑森王子率領希臘勇士，駕駛阿哥艦，渡海遠征科基斯奪取金羊毛的神話故事。

Vocabulary單字加油站

(1) mythology(n.)神話

She’s fascinated by stories of classical mythology.

她被古典神話故事迷住了。

(2) divorce (v.) 和……離婚

She’s divorcing her husband.

她正在和丈夫鬧離婚。

(3) cruel (adj.)殘酷的

He is cruel to animals.

他對動物很殘忍。

(4) temperament(n.)氣質

He has a romantic temperament.

他富有浪漫氣質。

(5) persecute(v.) 迫害

They persecute those who do not conform to their ideas.

他們迫害那些不信奉他們思想的人。

(6) afflict (v.) 受……所苦

The poor old man was afflicted with diabetes.

那可憐的老人受到糖尿病的折磨。

(7) unprecedented (adj.) 前所未有的

The rate of growth was unprecedented.

這個成長率是前所未有的。

(8) famine (n.)饑荒

Drought has caused famine in Africa.

乾旱在非洲造成了饑荒。

(9) fabricate (v.) 偽造

He claims that the police fabricated evidence against him.

他聲稱警方偽造了對他不利的證據。

(10) appease (v.) 平息

Nothing could appease the crying child.

什麼都無法使孩子不哭。

(11) wrath (n.) 憤怒

They feared his wrath.

他們害怕他發怒。

(12) critical (adj.) 危急的

That was a critical time in the nation’s history.

那是涉及國家命運的一個關鍵時刻。

(13) shelter (n.) 庇護

The trees gave some shelter from the rain.

這些樹遮了一些雨。

(14) plunge (v.) 跌入

The car went out of control and plunged over the cliff.

轎車失去控制墜下懸崖。

(15) hospitable (adj.) 好客的

The villagers were very hospitable to anyone who passed through.

村民們對所有過路人都非常熱情友好。

(16) gratitude(n.)感激

She sent them a present to show her gratitude.

她送了他們一件禮物，以表達她的感激之情。

(17) dedicate(v.)供奉

The church was dedicated on March 1^st, 1805 to the local Saint Jude.

教堂於1805年3月1日落成以紀念當地的聖裘德。

(18) ferocious(adj.)兇猛的

The president came in for some ferocious criticism.

總統遭到了一些猛烈抨擊。

(19) invaluable(adj.)無價的

The new job will provide you with invaluable experience.

這份新工作將使你獲得寶貴的經驗。

(20) tale(n.)故事

He told some fascinating tales about his life in India.

他講了他在印度生活的一些奇聞軼事。

(21) conquest(n.)征服

The basic aim of this institution is the conquest of disease.

本機構的基本宗旨是征服疾病。